Gabriela Mistral

Also known as Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, Lucila de Maria del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator (1889–1957)

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Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean poet, diplomat, and educator who lived from 1889 to 1957 and became one of Latin America's most important literary figures. She is significant because her work as a writer and her contributions to education and international diplomacy helped establish her as an influential cultural and intellectual leader of her time.

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Film & TV

Coquimbo, Chile

Known for

Mentiras verdaderas — Self (archive footage)2011
The Inconclusive Independence — Self (archive footage)2010

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1945
“for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Gabriela
Gender: female
Citizenship: Chile
Place of birth: Vicuña
Place of death: Hempstead
Occupation: writer
Employer: Barnard College
Languages spoken: Spanish
Religion: Catholicism
Award: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Field of work: poetry
Official website: www.gabrielamistral.uchile.cl
Image: Gabriela Mistral 1945.jpg

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pseudonym: Gabriela Mistral
member of: Sapphic Circle of Madrid
Commons category: Gabriela Mistral
date of birth: 1889-04-07
date of death: 1957-01-10
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Gabriela Mistral
Commons Creator page: Gabriela Mistral
birth name: Lucila de María Godoy Alcayaga
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
writing language: Spanish
P8168: Larry Joe Campbell
has works in the collection: Memoria Chilena

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Gabriela Mistral, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

[Nine Poems by Gabriela Mistral]

Sound map of Chile

Poesía femenina hispanoamericana : (nómina incompleta)

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Encyclopedic overview

Lucila Godoy Alcayaga ( Latin American Spanish: [luˈsila ɣoˈðoj alkaˈʝaɣa]; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjela misˈtɾal]), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, journalist and educator. She read widely in theosophy, became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order in 1925, but rarely attended mass. She was the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945, "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world". Some central themes in her poems are nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Native American and European influences. She also wrote an immense body of prose, about 800 articles that circulated throughout the Spanish-speaking world, on a range of topics: geography, education, profiles of her fellow writers, politics, and more. Her image is featured on the 5,000 Chilean peso banknote.

Early life

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